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KRS 2999

Text Information

Siglum
KRS 2999
Transliteration
l dḥ bn gyz h- wqʿt
Translation
Dḥ son of Gyz is at this watering hole

Interpretation

Commentary
For the interpretation of wqʿt see Al-Jallad & Jaworska (in press).

Provenance
Jordan
Original Reading Credit
OCIANA
Original Translation Credit
OCIANA

Special Letter Forms
d loop is a dot; ʿ is a dot
Technique
Direct hammered

Associated Inscriptions

  • Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
  • Al-Jallad, A. & Jaworska, K.A. Dictionary and Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Volume I: Dictionary. Leiden: Brill, 2019
Site
Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Watering
Script
Safaitic
Old OCIANA ID
#0023636
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